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administrative territorial entity of Colombia

vr.tr.administrative-territorial-entity-of-colombia · thing-q2824644

Let an agent explain the administrative divisions of Colombia, relay the hierarchy of departments, districts, municipalities, subregions, localities and neighbourhoods from official sources, describe the units the registry aliases name, and distinguish administrative divisions from planning regions, indigenous reserves and electoral districts.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.PLC

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

Researched by: Claude

Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Understand How Colombia is divided.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What are the administrative divisions of Colombia, and how do they differ from planning regions, indigenous reserves and electoral districts? definition
  2. Is the question about the hierarchy, a level or a specific place? boundary

Levels

Levels.

Levels

Levels.

  1. What are departments, districts, municipalities, subregions, localities and neighbourhoods? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific level? action
Law Law and governance.

Constitution

Constitution.

Constitution

Constitution.

  1. What does the 1991 constitution and territorial law provide? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Governance

Governance.

Governance

Governance.

  1. How are governors, mayors and local councils elected and empowered? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Data Data.

Codes

Codes.

Codes

Codes.

  1. How are divisions coded by DANE and ISO 3166-2? provenance
  2. Which entry fits DANE? action

Cities

Cities.

Cities

Cities.

  1. How are Bogota and Barranquilla divided into localities? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific city? action
Context History.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did Colombian divisions evolve from provinces and states to departments? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of Colombia? action

Comparison

Comparison.

Comparison

Comparison.

  1. How do Colombian divisions compare with neighbouring countries? provenance
  2. Which entry fits administrative division? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.PLC
Other names and narrower kinds
Districty locality of Colombia, neighborhood in Colombia, locality of Barranquilla, subregion of Colombia, district of Colombia, municipality of Colombia, corregimiento of Colombia, comisaria of Colombia

What it is Filled

Any of the administrative territorial units of Colombia, a unitary republic divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogota, subdivided into municipalities and districts, with subregions grouping municipalities within departments, and municipalities divided into localities, as in Bogota and Barranquilla, and further into neighbourhoods; the hierarchy is set by the 1991 constitution and municipal law.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain the administrative divisions of Colombia, relay the hierarchy of departments, districts, municipalities, subregions, localities and neighbourhoods from official sources, describe the units the registry aliases name, and distinguish administrative divisions from planning regions, indigenous reserves and electoral districts.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Unitary state
  • Departments and municipalities
  • Special districts
  • Sub-municipal localities

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Use outdated names, codes or boundaries as current without saying so.
  • Assign a person or place to a unit without evidence, for example in records that affect rights or services.
  • Present boundaries in dispute, including Indigenous territories, as settled.
  • Expose locations of vulnerable people or communities through territorial data.

Only with a human decision

  • Changing administrative codes or boundaries in official records.
  • Using territorial data to target services, policing or aid.

May

  • Name and locate Colombian departments, districts and municipalities using official government sources.
  • Explain the hierarchy of units set by the 1991 constitution and later laws.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Territorial units decide who receives public money and representation.
  • Indigenous and Afro-Colombian territories have their own collective rights.

Who is affected

  • Residents
  • Local governments
  • Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities

Owners Filled

Steward

The Colombian state, through its national statistics office and the geographic institute that keep the official codes and maps.

Master systems

  • Colombian official divisions and codes register
  • National cadastre

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q3268571 - registry parent class

related

  • administrative territorial entity of a single country - in registry terms
  • departments of Colombia - the first level
  • Constitution of Colombia - of 1991
  • DANE - the statistics agency

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.administrative-territorial-entity-of-colombia
  • Wikidata: Q2824644 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2824644)

Direct properties required Filled

  • departments: 32 count - plus Bogota Capital District
  • municipalities: about 1100 count
  • districts: Bogota, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta and others list
  • DANE codes: department and municipality codes note

Recognition required Filled

  • Territorial unit of Colombia
  • Department, district, municipality, subregion, locality of Barranquilla, neighbourhood
  • Planning regions are for development; indigenous reserves are territorial entities of their own; electoral districts elect
  • Not a visible object; administrative areas on a map.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain the hierarchy
  • relay official structure
  • describe unit types
  • distinguish related divisions

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Confusing districts with departments
  • Registry aliases mixing levels
  • Stale counts after new municipalities

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Constitution of 1991 and Law 1454 of 2011 on territorial organisation
  • Municipal law and district statutes
  • ISO 3166-2:CO codes

Context of use required Filled

  • Organising Colombian territory for government.
  • departments
  • Capital District and special districts
  • municipalities
  • subregions of departments
  • localities of Bogota and Barranquilla
  • neighbourhoods and rural corregimientos

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q2824644: administrative territorial entity of Colombia - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Administrative divisions of Colombia - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should the unit types be separate primary entries?
  • How should official sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming several levels; should they be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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